Improvement in cabinet-cases for sewing-machines



y a door in this back, `as shown in Fig. 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

eusfrAv RANGE, or NEW Yorin', s.

`IMPROVEMENT lN CABINET-CASES FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,572, dated February 17, 1874; application filed December 11, 1873.

CASE A.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTAv RANGE, of the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Cabinet-Gases for Sewing- Machines, of which the following is a specifi cation:

The front of this case is made as an ornamental panel, and it is hinged to the side of the case so as to swing around bodily. Hthin the front is a hinged leaf and brackets. The drawers are inside this front, so as to be in position when thc front is swung open. The top is pivoted to the. upper part of one side, so as to turn around, and carries a reversible glass and drawers. The table for the sewingmaehine is at a convenient height, and two sides of the case above this table fold up to inclose the machine, or turn down to form part of the worktable. This cabinet-case forms a handsome and ornamental piece of furniture when closed, and when open greater facility is given for spreading the work and getting at the various articles connected with the use of the sewing-machine.

In the drawing, Figure l is a plan of the case as open, and 2 is an elevation of the same.

The sewing-machine rests upon the table a, and the trcadle, ily-wheel, 85e., are within the box formed by the sides b c, bottom d, and back e. It will generally be convenient to have The parts of the sewing-niaehine are not represented in 'the drawing. rIhe side b is carried up sufficiently high to support the top j", and to this side the top is connected by a pivot, (shown by dotted lilies at 2 in Fig. 1,) so that said top may be turned around over the sewing-machine to cover the same, or be swung away, as represented. Upon this top j' are drawers g and a glass, h. rIhese arcpreferably connected by a pivot, at 3, so that the drawers and glass may be kept outwardly, whether the top of the case is in one position or the other. The glass and drawers are not shown in the plan Fig. l. The front k is hinged to the side b, at 4, and when either open or closed the top j' is supported by the bottom resting thereon. m n o a-re of a width corresponding to the height of the side b above the table a., so that these flaps, when turned up, aid in supporting the top f. The angle flap n is to be swung inwardly, when folded up, so as to occupy the position shown by dotted lines. At the upper part of the swinging front 71:, and attached to the back surface thereof, are the drawers i', that swing in beneath the top f, and in front of the scwing-machine, and the hinged leaf s is attached at the back of the swinging front k, and turns down between the side pieces 5 5 of the front when not in use, and the swinging brackets t t are employed to support said leaf when raised.

It will be evident that this cabinet-case, when opened out, is in a very convenient form for supporting the work and the appliances usual in sewing-machine work, and there is nothing tending to contract the space beneath the sewing-machine itself. lV hen closed up, this cabinet-ease forms an ornamental piece of furniture.

I claim as my inventionl. The swinging front k, of a height corresponding to that of the side b of the sewingmachine ease, in combination with the topf, attached to the side I) by a pivot, 2, and hinged liaps m n o, substantially as set forth.

2. The swinging front le, provided with brackets t t and hinged leaf s, in combination with the top j', pivoted to the side b, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this Sth day of December,

GUSTAV RANGE.

Witnesses: v

GEO. T. PINGKNEY, CnAs. II. SMITH.

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